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On 30 June 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to re-establish the National Space Council, which has been defunct since it was absorbed by the National Science and Technology Council in 1993. Standing by his side was astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 87, who was the second person to walk on the moon (after Neil Armstrong) as part of the Apollo 11 mission. Trump's exchange with Aldrin quickly went viral: The next day, a web site purporting to be the online arm of a publication called The Rochdale Herald published an article appearing to report that Aldrin said his biggest life achievement was restraining himself from punching President Trump: The follow-up story is a work of fiction. The Rochdale Herald says on its page that it publishes satire from the world's worst local newspaper, and the web site's About page contains more information: Although Aldrin never said that he had restrained himself from punching the President, the astronaut did display some curious facial expressions during the speech:
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